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The two started up a long-distance relationship and Stimon began to buy Hicks expensive gifts, including an iPhone which he paid for on his own family plan.

IT consultant Bruce Stimon met Hicks on a flight from his hometown of Boston to Washington in the fall of 2011

However, the systematic abuse began when Stimon used the iPhone as a way to gain access to Hicks' emails and calls and began to send offensive messages from her number.

'He sent a message to people saying that I have an STD,' said Hicks, who quickly figured out that it was Stimon and then ended the relationship.

However, in January 2012, the level of Stimon's intrusion into her life was revealed when she learned he had 'created a web site advertising her servcies as a prostitute according to the lawsuit filed.

Stimon had posted Hicks' name, address and explicit photographs and listed her work supervisor as her point of contact. Stimon is also alleged to have uploaded online pornographic films he had made of the two without Hicks' knowledge.

Because of the cyber attack, men began to call her boss at the bank asking if she was available as a prostitute and because of this she was subsequently fired.

And then in a shocking escalation, Stimon sent a video of Hicks and himself to all of her daughter's friends Twitter accounts.

One of the website on which Stimson uploaded details of Hicks and her daughter Pam - offering their services as prostitutes and directing men to their address in Arlington

The Hicks residence in Arlington, Virginia - where police apprehended Stimson after he slashed the tires on his ex-girlfriends car

'It was devastating,' Pam said. 'I would go into the bathroom stall and just cry and would come back to class and act like everything was okay.'

'Everyone was asking me, 'oh, is your mom a porn star?' And I am like, no.'

Then, Stimon allegedly used porn sites to list 'mother and daughter' for sex and through a text messaging system sent potential clients to the women's home.

Around 60 men arrived looking for sex, but Arlington Police said that since Stimon was operating his vicious scheme from Boston, it was out of their jurisdiction.

'From January to probably about March, we were just trying to compile information and figure out what was going on,' said Detective Angela Comer of the Arlington County Police Department.

'The commonwealth attorneys, the tactical unit, just about every unit in our department had a hand on this case.'

Stimson pleaded guilty to the charges against him and was eventually sentenced to three-years in prison

The case came to a head when Stimson eventually left Massachusetts and came to Hicks' home and slashed her tires.

With surveillance officers watching the home, Arlington Police caught him with a knife in his hand and laptops full of evidence.

He was arrested and pleaded guilty.

'I cannot describe the happiness,' said Pam. 'It feels like a big relief.'